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Jūbako no Sumi wo Tsutsuku (重箱の隅をつつく – Quibbling on Insignificant Detail)

Mar 05, 2021Jun 01, 2021 Toru 0 Comments box, corner, eat, food, insignificant, poke, quibble, store

Jūbako no Sumi wo Tsutsuku 重箱の隅をつつく In my post the day before yesterday, I introduced the word jūbako (重箱), which

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Megashira ga Atsuku Naru (目頭が熱くなる – One’s Eyes Fill with Tears)

Mar 22, 2019 Toru 0 Comments accumulate, corner, eye, get hot, graduation ceremony, head, hot, spread wings, tear, university, warm

Megashira ga Atsuku Naru 目頭が熱くなる The day before yesterday, a graduation ceremony took place at my university. 一昨日は、私の大学の卒業式が行われました。 When I

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Kado ga Tstsu (角が立つ – Creating Bitter Feelings)

Jan 06, 2019 Toru 0 Comments bad relationship, bitter, bitter feelings, corner, feelings, gentle, harsh, relationship, stand, stand out

Kado ga Tstsu 角が立つ Yesterday, I introduced you to the idiom ‘kado ga toreru‘ (角が取れる), which means that someone who

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Kado ga Toreru (角が取れる – Mellowing)

Jan 05, 2019 Toru 0 Comments come off, corner, experience, gentle, harsh, life, mellow, movie, personality, remove, sharp

Kado ga Toreru 角が取れる When someone who is harsh becomes to have a gentle nature due to his/her life experience,

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